"in the late ‘80-‘op’s, it became about money."

That coincides with the inception of the insurance HMO's, which is when insurance shifted from catastrophic coverage to covering office visits for hangnails, and which also put insurance companies in the driver's seat about what they'd cover and what they wouldn't. That also generated the thought process which became 'insurance is a right' and convinced a good portion of the populace that becoming dependent on the medical system was a good idea, and that helped lay the foundation for it to become a money-making racket.

"in the late ‘80-‘op’s, it became about money."

That coincides with the inception of the insurance HMO's, which is when insurance shifted from catastrophic coverage to covering office visits for hangnails, and which also put insurance companies in the driver's seat about what they'd cover and what they wouldn't. That also generated the thought process which became 'insurance is a right' and convinced a good portion of the populace that becoming dependent on the medical system was a good idea, and that helped laid the foundation for it to become a money-making racket.